Type-writing machine.



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INVENTEIR= HIE ATTORNEY To an whom 'it may concern:

- UNITED snares. PA 'lENT OFFIC oscsn vL. 'msnmu, or WALLA WALLA,WASHINGTON, assienon TO UNION TYPE- WRITER COMPANY, OFv JERSEY CITY,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 18, 1916.

Application filed January 16, 1908. Serial Ho. 411,115.

Be it known that I, OSCAR L.- Inert-1M, citi- I zen of the UnitedStates, and resident of m -aiding in readily eii'ecting erasures or cor-Walla W'alla, in the county of \Yalla Walla and State of Washington,have invented certain ne and useful Improvements in Tvpe- WritingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting ma chines and more particularly tomeans for manifold wo k. I v

The main ob ect of my invention is to rections especially in theproduction of i provide simple and cilicient means of the characterspecified.

A further obgect of my invention to provide devices which are in. thenature of Y attachments that may be readily substituted typewritin forthose embodied in oxistin forms of machines without changing thestructural Icatures of said. machines.

To the above and otherends which will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts andcombinations of devices to be hereinafter set forth and particularlypointeclout in the appended claims.-

II: the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmen tary enlarged detail endelevation showing the upper portion of a No. 6 Remington typewritingmachine with the devices of my invention ap lied thereto. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail p an view of the paper table and its, support with partsbroken away.

. Fig; .3 {e a longitudinal sectional view-0f 4 cooperate, the rollers 4being carried in the same taken on the line :r-m of Fi 1.

I have shown my invention embodied, in

the presentinstance, in the No. 6 Remington machine to which the devicesof my invention aretreadily adapted butit should be understood that theinvention may be em' ployed in various stylcs of typewrlting 'ma-'chines.

The top plate 1 of the machine has up'- wardly extending risers 2 whichsupport a guide rod 3 with which anti-friction rollers the usual mannerby a carriage truck 5, links 6 pivotally uniting a platen frame 7 to thetruck. The

9 at the front portion-thereof which 006p- V platen frame carries a'ro-' 'tative platen 8 and is provided with a-roller crates with a shiftrail 10; Upwardly projecting lugs 11 are formed on the carriage truck,each of said lugs eing apertured for the reception of thesw-porting.stems of a-,

paper able. The parts thus tar described A special form of paper tablemay he readily substituted for that ordinarily employed in the X0. 6Remington machine by removing the ordinary paper table from the hollowsupporting lugs 11 and substituting the spccla form of paper tableconstruction ofnw inventi n. This special paper tabl and liS .suppoztingmeans comprises a supporting frame 12 havin downwardly ex tendingspindles or pro ections 13 spaced apart according tot'the spacing of thelugs 11 and reduced at. their lower ends 14 for reception in theopenings in the lugs 11. These spindles 13 extend downwardly from anH-shapcd metallic frame 15, the arms 16 of which extend fore and aft ofthe machine and are connected at 17 to cross bars 18 which likewiseconstitute part of th supporting frame. These cross bars are of a lengthwhich corresponds substantially to the length of the aper table and arepro-- vidcd with upu'ar ly. extending projections 19 and 20. Theprojections 20 constitute hearings for a pivot rod 21 which is received7 in openings in said projections and passes through correspondingopenin s'in dependinglugs 22 on the bottom 0? a plate-like paper tableat one end thereof so as to constitute a hinge orxpivoton which thepaper table may swing from the full line position shown in Fig. 3 to theposition indicated i-n dotted line-sin said figure where it is out ofparallelism with the axis of the platen. The upwardly extendingprojections 19 constitute rcpt-s upon which the free end of the )apertable is adapted to hear whent-he tal le is in the normal position andthe projections '19 and ZOmaintaiu the table above the body of thesupport so as to provide a space JA bet-W-een the support Y 12 of theaper. table and the bottom of. the

paper tahe itself as clearly indicated in and corresponds substantiallyto the length of the platen so that it isadaptedto receive sh'zetsof'any width that may be received in the machine. v

In the ordinary use ot the machine the paper table will perform thefunction of the ordinary paper table, the sheets, as they extend fromthe. platen, passmgabove the paper table. It, howe er, in the productionof manifold work, the operator desires to make an erasure, it is merelynecessary to swing the paper table on its pivot, so all of I. In thepresentimtance l have shown the first-copyshcet a eaten-ling above thepaper table, whereas the carbon cop sheet I; and interposed carbon sheetare shown heneath the paper table. An erasure having been made on thesheet a. the sheets a, b and c ma then be carried above the paper table;

and the sheets a and r lifted or drawn for- I ward to uncover the sheet(1 and the cor- '.respondingerasure may be made on the sheet b while itrests directly on the paper 3 w 7 table; This last operation does not ofcourse ditl'er from that which may he performed when the ordinary papertable is in use. In

a likeananner any number'of heets may be corrected without an impressionbeing made through the carbon sheet orshcets in the art of making theerasure.

While 1 have described one method, of

"carrying out my invention it should be understood that various changesmay be made without departing from the invention, which contemplatesbroadly the provision of means which enable sheets in the ma-v chine topass above and below the paper table in order that erasures ma 5' bemade on one sheet while it rests upoi the paper table without causingany impression to be made through a carbon sheet or sheets on another 7sheet. or on other sheets of paper while such erasure is being made.

From certain aspects of my present in- Vention the part 23 may beconsidered as a combined paper table and erasing-shelf,

' plate or bed o -icrating as it does as an ordinary mper table torapport the paper as it is't'et to the platen and also as an erasing,plate. From other aspects of the invention the. part :23 maybe regardedmerely as an erasing plate since it possesses novelty as such whetlurror not, it s used-as a paper table.

What I claim as new and desire to 580111 by Letters l'atent, is Y 1. ina typewritiug machine-the combination oil a platen. a paper table, theforward edge of which is at the rear of the platen and means whichpermit portions of sheets in the machine to be transferred from abovethe paper table to a position below the paper table. I

2. In a typewriting machine, the combimr tion of a carriage, a rotativeplaten, a paper jtable at the rearv of the platen and which supports thepaper as it is being fed forwardvto the platen for printing, and meanswhich permit primed portions of sheets advanced beyond the platen to bearranged part below the paper table and part on top of. he paper table.

ln a'typewritingmachine, the combination 01' a carriage, and an erasingplate mow ably mounted on the carriage to swing to a position wherecertain of superposed sheets may be placed under the erasing plate andanother of said sheets placed on top of said erasing plate.

a. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a platen,and a paper table. pivoted at one end only to said carriage and adaptedto be swung laterally and lon itudinally of the platen.

5. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a rotativeplaten, and a laterally swinging paper table pivoted at,

one end only to the carriage and in rear of the platen'so that sheets asthey pass from the platen may be placed some above and some below thepaper table. I 6. In a typewriting machine, the combination of acarriage, a platen carried thereby, a movable paper tabl comprising anerasing plate, and means whereby a s'iace is provided beneath the papertable to receive, sheets which project from the platen.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combina tion of a carriage, a platencarried thereby,-

a movable. paper table comprising an erasing Y plate,and means whereby aspare is provided beneath -'the paper tahe to receive sheets whichproject from the platen, said space being substantially length of theplaten.

S. In a typewriting, machine, the combinzr tion of a carriage, a hingedplate-likepaper tahle, and a support on the carriage for said papertable, a space being formed between the paper table and support for thereception of one or more sheets.

9. .In a typewriting machine, the combina tion of a carriage, a rotativeplaten carried by the carriage, a support carried by the carriage, apaper table hinged at one end to said support in the rear of the platento receire some sheets between said support and paper table and somesheets above the paper 7 table. v v

10. In a typewriting machine, the combi= nation of a carriage, arotative platencarried by the carriage, a support carried by thecarriage, a paper table hinged at one end to said sup iort in the rearof the platen, a space being iormed between said support coextensivewith the v and. pap-2r table for the reception of one or f more sheetswinch extend tron the platen.

11. in a typewriting machine. the combination of a platen, a plate-likepaper table and its support spaced apart. and constructed and arrangedto permit 'oneor more sheets to be moved from abovethe paper table intospace between the bottom of the paper table and of said supportm; frameand in whieh 1 space one or more sheets which extend from the platen maybe received.

13. in a typewriting machine. the combination with a platen. of aplate-like support for the paper. said support being constructed andarranged to deliver the paper to the platen at the receiving sidethereof to nor- DHI'llfFZ'QTiYt the paper on its upper surt'aee as it isdeliverwl from the platen. and means to permit the paper to be passedbeneath said plate-like support.

H. In'a tr )ewriting machine. the combinatian with a platen, of atable-like support {or the paper. said support being constructed andarranged to deliver the paper to the platen at the receiving sidethereof to normallr receive the paper on its upper surface.

. as it is delirered from the platen and mounted to be swung up to anabnormal position to enahhthe written portion of the paper to he droppedfreely b n ath the position 15. A paper supporting:v t-outrirant-e fortypewritmg machines ('liltl[)l'l.\ltlf two supporting beds arranged oneahove the other in the rear ofthe platen. the upper bed (omprising anerasingplate morahly mounted relatively to the lower bed.

It In combination with the carriage of a ty 'mp'riting mat-blue. a(lliillliilhlt paper plate... one of said beds comprising. an erasin;plate pivoted so that t may be swung to an abnormal positionsubstantially. at right angles to its normal position.

18. In a ty wwriting machine. the combination with a platen. of aplate-like paper table adapted tosttpport a plurality of sheets asthey-are fed to the. platen. and also to support printed portions ofsaid sheets as they depart from the platen. and means wherel'iy some ofthe said printed portions of the sheets may hiplaeed beneath the papertable and some may be plat-ed upon the paper table.

1% In a typewriting machine. the combination with a platen. of a papertable adapted to support a plurality of sheets as they are fed to theplaten. and also adapted t support printed portions of said sheets asthey emerge from the platen. and asheetsupport arranged beneath saidpaper table wherehy certain of the sheets may be'plaeed uponthe.underlyinp support and certain of the sheets upon the paper table.

20. In a typewriting machine. the combination with a platen. of twopaper supports arranged one under the other. the upper paper supportnormally supporting a plurality of sheets as the are fed to the platenand as they are delivered from the platen. the under paper supportbeingadapted to re.- ceive certain of the sheets when it is desired tomake erasures upon the upper paper support.

.21. In a typewriting mat-lune. the combination of a carr age. av platenearrie thereby, an erasing plate. and means whereby said erasing platemay be adjusted to permit placement of some of the sheets projectingfrom the platen under the s id erasing plate and plaeetnent of some orsaid sheets upon the top of the said erasing plate.

22. In a typewriting machine. the eombination of a carriage. a platenearried thereby. and an erasing plate whit-h extends longitudinallyofthe platen and whit-h is pivoted at one end so as to swing at itsopposite end toward and away from the platen.

23. Anerasing bed or plate for typewriters having attaching means forsecuring it substantially in alinement, with the platen, said bed orplate hein; hinged at one end. and adapted to be turned out ofparallelism with the axis of the platen.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan. city of New York. in the eounty ofNew York. and Stat. of New York. this 15th day of January, A. l 190".

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